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Chunghwa workers protest

PRIVATIZATION The Executive Yuan has promised to set up a task force to look into workers' demands after the telecom's employees took to the streets yesterday

By Chuang Chi-ting  /  STAFF REPORTER

He also said that the newly privatized company would be just as inefficient as it is now, if as an employer, it is incapable of "trimming the fat."

"These people are used to the `job-for-life' mentality. They should change the way they think," said Su Wen-fu (蘇萬福), a Taipei resident.

"They've got too much already," added Chu Ju-tiao (朱儒調), a cab driver.

No arrests were made during the march, even though it continued past the 1pm deadline police had issued its organizers.

The demonstration followed a breakdown in negotiations between union leaders and Mao and Her Chen-dan (賀陳旦), executive vice minister for Transportation and Communications, on Monday.

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